根据才能授予官职。

make sb.an official according to his talents

比喻坏人和好人混在一起。

(of people) there is a mingling of good and evil

莠：狗尾草，很象谷子，常混在禾苗中。好人坏人都有，混杂在一起。

the good and bad are intermingled

醍醐：酥酪上凝聚的油。用纯酥油浇到头上。佛教指灌输智慧，使人彻底觉悟。比喻听了高明的意见使人受到很大启发。也形容清凉舒适。

filled with wisdom/feel refreshed

盛气：骄横的气焰；凌：欺凌。以骄横的气势压人。形容傲慢自大，气势逼人。

put on airs and bully others

粉、墨：搽脸和画眉用的化妆品。原指演员化妆上台演戏。比喻坏人经过一番打扮，登上政治舞台。

make oneself up and go on stage/embark on a political venture

阿：迎合，偏袒。刚强正直，不逢迎，无偏私。

upright and above flattery upright and never stooping to flattery

等闲：寻常，一般。把它看成平常的事，不预重视。

treat lightly or casually

坐在井底看天。比喻眼界小，见识少。

have a very limited view (implying ignorance, short-sightedness, shallowness etc.)

副：相称，符合。名声或名义和实际不相符。指空有虚名。

the name falls short of the reality

文、饰：掩饰；过、非：错误。用漂亮的言词掩饰自己的过失和错误。

conceal faults and gloss over wrongs

逐：追随。随着波浪起伏，跟着流水漂荡。比喻没有坚定的立场，缺乏判断是非的能力，只能随着别人走。

speak or behave as others do without views of ones own, swim with the tide

愎：任性；刚愎：强硬回执；自用：自以为是。十分固执自信，不考虑别人的意见。

opinionated

显：表露，表现；身手：指本领。充分显示出本领和才能。

give a good account of oneself

流：流俗；污：肮脏。指跟坏人一起干坏事。

follow the bad example of others

崭：突出；露：显露。头上的角已明显地突出来了。指初显露优异的才能。

make a figure/cut a figure

无声无息，没人知道。指没有什么名声。

be unknown and unsung

贻笑：让人笑话；大方：原指懂得大道的人，后泛指见识广博或有专长的人。指让内行人笑话。

become a laughing stock (by showing ones ignorance)

伥：伥鬼，古时传说被老虎吃掉的人，死后变成伥鬼，专门引诱人来给老虎吃。替老虎做伥鬼。比喻充当恶人的帮凶。

act as the paws of an evil person

某些才智出众的人不露锋芒，看来好象愚笨。

a man of great wisdom often appears slow-witted